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Dry Bar with Distressed Cabinets Ideas and Designs

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Modern Farmhouse Kitchen Renovation
Modern Farmhouse Kitchen Renovation
The Good Home - Interiors & DesignThe Good Home - Interiors & Design
Photo of a dry bar in Portland Maine with glass-front cabinets and distressed cabinets.
Transitional - Home Bar
Transitional - Home Bar
Aslan Design & BuildAslan Design & Build
We transformed an out of date dining room to a classy bar room with grasscloth wallcovering, a new distressed freestanding bar from Pottery Barn, two Leathercraft bar stools, and new light fixtures from Currey and Company and Uttermost.
Custom Fitted Bar
Custom Fitted Bar
RD DesignsRD Designs
A custom fitted Home Bar with a rustic feel. Oak butcher-block worktop with chipped paint doors, Oak veneer carcasses & shelves with steel supports. Painted in RAL 7021.
No Place Like (Highland Park) Home
No Place Like (Highland Park) Home
Jamie Schachtel Design GroupJamie Schachtel Design Group
What a joy to bring this exciting renovation to a loyal client: a family of 6 that has called this Highland Park house, “home” for over 25 years. This relationship began in 2017 when we designed their living room, girls’ bedrooms, powder room, and in-home office. We were thrilled when they entrusted us again with their kitchen, family room, dining room, and laundry area design. Their first floor became our JSDG playground… Our priority was to bring fresh, flowing energy to the family’s first floor. We started by removing partial walls to create a more open floor plan and transformed a once huge fireplace into a modern bar set up. We reconfigured a stunning, ventless fireplace and oriented it floor to ceiling tile in the family room. Our second priority was to create an outdoor space for safe socializing during the pandemic, as we executed this project during the thick of it. We designed the entire outdoor area with the utmost intention and consulted on the gorgeous outdoor paint selections. Stay tuned for photos of this outdoors space on the site soon! Overall, this project was a true labor of love. We are grateful to again bring beauty, flow and function to this beloved client’s warm home.
Exposed Brick + Timber Loft Bar
Exposed Brick + Timber Loft Bar
Jennifer Gustafson Interior DesignJennifer Gustafson Interior Design
• Mini Bar - provided by client • Decorative accessory styling • Bar Stools - Trica Bocca covered in Moore + Giles Leather
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary single-wall dry bar in San Francisco with flat-panel cabinets, distressed cabinets, composite countertops, light hardwood flooring, white worktops and brown floors.
Wine barrels and onyx
Wine barrels and onyx
Joseph and Curtis Custom Wine CellarsJoseph and Curtis Custom Wine Cellars
backlit onyx w stemware and spirits...made of black wlanut
Photo of a small classic single-wall dry bar in New York with flat-panel cabinets, distressed cabinets, wood worktops, yellow splashback, stone slab splashback, porcelain flooring, grey floors and grey worktops.
Bars - Beverage Stations - Wine Cellars
Bars - Beverage Stations - Wine Cellars
The Cleary CompanyThe Cleary Company
Design-Build custom storage for client's extensive bourbon collection. Features include custom cabinetry, blue quartz countertop, floating wood shelves and a thin brick backsplash. Project Developer & Designer - Jen Sommers, CR, Allied ASID
Decoración Bodega
Decoración Bodega
Studio Nucli (Anteriormente C-Interiorismo)Studio Nucli (Anteriormente C-Interiorismo)
Decoración de bodega en el sótano de una masia o antiguo "celler". Se colocaron barriles antiguos y se aprovecharon las botellas y las herramientas de trabajo existentes para completar la decoración. Agregamos una mesa y una lampara colgante de vidrio como espacio protagonista. Las ramas secas se fusionan con el espacio como perfectos complementos. Decoració de l'antic celler d'una masia. Es van col·locar barrils restaurats i es van aprofitar les ampolles i les eines de treball existents per a completar la decoració. Vam afegir una taula i una lampara penjant de vidre com a espai protagonista. Les branques seques es fusionen amb l'espai com a perfectes complements.
Hawkwood Residence
Hawkwood Residence
Elle Cherie | Inspired InteriorsElle Cherie | Inspired Interiors
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary galley dry bar in Calgary with glass-front cabinets, distressed cabinets, wood worktops, vinyl flooring, brown floors and brown worktops.
Transitional - Home Bar
Transitional - Home Bar
Aslan Design & BuildAslan Design & Build
We transformed an out of date dining room to a classy bar room with grasscloth wallcovering, a new distressed freestanding bar from Pottery Barn, two Leathercraft bar stools, and new light fixtures from Currey and Company and Uttermost.
Bars - Beverage Stations - Wine Cellars
Bars - Beverage Stations - Wine Cellars
The Cleary CompanyThe Cleary Company
Design-Build custom storage for client's extensive bourbon collection. Features include custom cabinetry, blue quartz countertop, floating wood shelves and a thin brick backsplash. Project Developer & Designer - Jen Sommers, CR, Allied ASID
Custom Fitted Bar
Custom Fitted Bar
RD DesignsRD Designs
A custom fitted Home Bar with a rustic feel. Oak butcher-block worktop with chipped paint doors, Oak veneer carcasses & shelves with steel supports. Painted in RAL 7021.

Dry Bar with Distressed Cabinets Ideas and Designs

A home bar is one of the ultimate indulgences for a homeowner. By no means essential but all the more satisfying for that very reason. Whether your home bar ideas would be having the boys round to watch the big match in a pub-style atmosphere on a Saturday afternoon, ‘going uptown’ to sip an espresso martini in your home cocktail bar in the loft, or hoping to recreate the vibe of an intimate speakeasy in your basement, a style home bar is a treat that’s guaranteed to lift your spirits. A place where you are always guaranteed a seat.

How big should my home bar be?

The ideal style of your home bar will depend on your lifestyle and entertaining habits as well as the amount of available space. If big groups come round regularly then you should consider dedicating a part of your living room or basement to a larger seating area – complete with a bar table, bar stools and wet bar section – to keep everyone suitably comfortable and merry. If TV is essential, check if there is a wall nearby that’s a big enough to mount it on without restricting anyone’s view. A key feature of home bar ideas is the storage – gleaming wine racks and low-lit glass shelves. Make sure you can afford these little delights after you have built the basic structure. Alternatively, if space is limited, a freestanding home cocktail bar would give you somewhere to prepare cocktails that is out of the way – in the corner of your dining room or under the stairwell for instance. Also, mirrored surfaces can help to create the illusion of space. Sketch the layout of the room in which you would like to place the bar and think about where all those bottles, cans and snacks are going to go. Then speak to either a home bar specialist about your home bar ideas, or to a joiner about adapting a vintage bookcase or creating something bespoke.

What style of home bar should I choose?

Try to play off the interior decor of the surrounding area. A kitsch Manhattan-inspired home cocktail bar will look out of place in a country cottage, for example. Similarly, a long white walnut home bar would jar against a bright red contemporary kitchen. That said, contrast might be something that you accentuate, not least through the choice of flooring, which would help to make your home bar stand out. Collect home bar ideas in an Ideabook, settle upon a theme and then discuss the design with your home bar specialist or joiner. Lighting sets the mood in bars, particularly late at night, so pay special attention to placement, intensity and how you want your guests to feel. Dim underbar lighting creates a warm, intimate atmosphere, while spotlights brighten and energise.

Which home bar accessories and facilities should I include?

This really does depend on how far you are willing to go. A home bar can replicate almost everything you see in your local, from running water and refrigerated wine cabinets to draught beer pumps and bespoke lighting and a sound systems. Again, the most important thing is to work with what’s there – available space and home decor. Is that black lizard effect leather flooring really going to go? How about the turquoise splashback? Do those flowers look out of place or will they help to soften up what’s fast becoming a man cave? There are several ways to make a home bar more visually interesting without spending big on fixtures and fittings. Select furniture that’s comfortable but also sparks interest, such as salvaged chairs or a second-hand leather sofa. Add a touch of glitz and glamour through your choice of glassware, drinks trolley, ice bucket, shaker and spirit bottles if you want the home cocktail bar look. Then scatter a few curios around the bar – ornaments, lamps, artwork, photos and travel mementos are great home bar ideas to get the conversation started.
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